and still another stunned the country by upholding the president's health care law from the big chair on the united states supreme court. it was enough to make one more harvard guy sing. ♪ i'm so in love with you >> reporter: not quite as strong a year for the harvard of the pacific northwest. reed college, represented here on "wheel of fortune." >> fan, fan, wand! oh! >> reporter: 2012 was a tantalizingly cruel year if you were a lion simply trying to eat a young child at the zoo. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: it was a bad year in new york city if you were a person simply trying to drink a giant bucket of soda. but defenders of food freedom fought back. with a mashed potato vending machine. an ice cream cone crust pizza and a bacon sundae. our faith was shaken a bit this year when a nun was caught on tape at a convenience store slipping tall boys into her habit. and the oft-mocked doomsday prophecy ultimately came true with the announcement that hostess would stop making the twinkie. end times, indeed. ♪ i will remember you >> reporter: the loss of the twinkie was a kick to the spo